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From: "Geo."
Good, LETS GET RID OF IT ALL TOGETHER!!!
Geo.
"Rich Gauszka" wrote in
message news:46119b62$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> The danger now is that the congress critters may want to get involved
> again
>
>
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2007
-04-02T223538Z_01_N02447830_RTRUKOC_0_US-DAYLIGHT-ENERGY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - The early onset of Daylight Savings Time in the
> United States this year may have been for naught.
>
> The move to turn the clocks forward by an hour on March 11 rather than the
> usual early April date was mandated by the U.S. government as an
> energy-saving effort.
>
> But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school
> children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move appears
> to have had little impact on power usage.
>
> "We haven't seen any measurable impact," said Jason Cuevas,
spokesman for
> Southern Co., one of the nation's largest power companies, echoing
> comments from several large utilities.
>
> That may come as no surprise to the Energy Department, which last year
> predicted only modest energy savings because the benefits of the later
> daylight hour would be offset.
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